the economy can only be summed up as deranged thinking .
There were those that rationalized that Trump was just the type of guy that you can see yourself sitting down with to have a beer . The reality TV persona had hypnotized so many Americans into believing that Trump is the guy next door .
They felt his familiarity and presence through his endless tweets and did not miss any media opportunity to speak even though on most occasions it was just nonsense that he was spewing but it captured their attention and kept him topmost in their minds .
Trump real coup de grace was his ability to disparage the Democrats by depicting them as weak and anti- American . He conjured up an image of Democrats turning America socialist and even managed to repeal safety nets meant for the disadvantaged in society .
The American elections were not about competing ideas and ideology and representation that ensure that the will of the people is felt through the vote . The elections were about supporters of team A beating supporters of team B period .
The Republican Party had turned into a personality cult and Trump was the master puppeteer who understood what
If America loses the moral authority to uphold democracy then the world had better prepare for a seismic shift in governance models since the world will most likely shift into authoritarian and despotic systems without a prefect to ensure compliance to democratic principles .
Democracy in many countries is already on a deathbed and the constitution is manipulated and altered at whim to suit the ruling class . America was the last bastion of the democratic system of government and had the moral authority to enforce and supervise the system worldwide .
his constituents needed to hear and not what he personally believed in . In fact it may be hard to unravel what Trump believes in apart from himself .
Trump has single handedly managed to undermine the institution of Democracy which America has over time sold to the world as the best system of government . Nepotism and cronyism that are the hallmark of failed states is now a very American trait .
At the moment many despotic leaders in the world are looking on in amusement as they try to figure out what is going on in America since the country is behaving like what Trump would have called a shithole of a corrupt third world country .
Trump has declared the American elections were rigged to push him out unlike the usual clamor of a host of undemocratic democracies where the president uses the official machinery to hold on to power and transparency is never expected .
Democracy in many countries is already on a deathbed and the constitution is manipulated and altered at whim to suit the ruling class . America was the last bastion of the democratic system of government and had the moral authority to enforce and supervise the system worldwide .
The world has learnt through the Trump presidency that one man one vote is not a democratic principle . The will of the people , that is the majority can be subverted by the strange instrument called the Electoral College that seems to be able to prevail over the popular vote .
If anybody was rigged into presidency it seems like Trump since he lost the popular vote to Hilary Clinton yet the same person is now decrying the system that got him into power and is trying to find a path to retain the presidency that thwarts both the popular vote and the Electoral College .
If democracy is not the rule of the majority and the system is open to abuse and manipulation then the world will end up the more confused if they can point to America as the example of democratic system malfunction and tyranny .
If America loses the moral authority to uphold democracy then the world had better prepare for a seismic shift in governance models since the world will most likely shift into authoritarian and despotic systems without a prefect to ensure compliance to democratic principles .
Trump has opened a Democratic Pandora box and it is very clear that the system worked on a gentleman ’ s agreement where no one was trying to manipulate the system for personal gain . It is unsettling that American democracy can create , support and tolerate dictatorial behavior .
Of greater concern is the fact that Trump garnered seventy million votes which is no mean feat . Democracy envisaged a clear majority so what happens when the vote is practically even . How do you govern a dissatisfied half ? Democratic tenets are being seriously up-ended .
If the goodwill that is normally accorded the winner of a democratic contest is denied as Trump did by not conceding loss , then it sends a very divisive message to his supporters to withhold allegiance and it further undermines the rule of law and peaceful communal living .
Trump has managed to test the limits of the democratic system and thrown doubt as to the efficacy of this model of governance . To achieve his own ends and by ignoring the principle of fair play he may have launched a grave system failure and Democracy may already be in ICU !